Joint and pipe support.



j No. 746.277. i Y PATPNTPD DEG.8,'1903.'

J; N. BRENNAN.

JOINT AND PIPE SUPPORT.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 9, 1903.

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WITNESSES: INVENTOFH No. 746,277. i

UNITED lSTATES Patented December 8, 1908.

JAMES N. BRENNAN, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

.JOINT AND PIPE SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 746,277, dated December 8, V1903. Application filed June 9, 1,903.` Serial No. 160.680. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES N. BRENNAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and .useful Improvements in Joint and Pipe Supports;

I and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appert-ains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. Y

This invention has reference to improvements in that class of devices which may be employed as a pipe and joint support; and the present invention has for its principal objects to provide a simple and cheaply-constructed supporting device which is to be used in connection more especially with lead lpipes which are placed in the earth and are employed for the connection of a water-main in the street with the system 'of piping in a building. These pipes which are employed for connecting the water-main with the sys-4 tem of piping' in a building usually comprise a pair of lead-pipe sections which have arranged between a pair of lead joints the usual valve-casing and its valve for turning onand shutting off the supply of water, and this portion of the pipe being the weakest portion, with the weight ot the earth above the joints, often becomes separated or broken at the joints, whereby a leakage and consequent waste of water is the result. To overcome this serious defect, I have provided a joint and pipe support of the character hereinafter more particularly described.

The invention .therefore consistsl in the novel joint and pipe support hereinafter set forth; and, furthermore, this invention consists in the various .arrangements and combinations of the parts, as well as in the details' of the construction thereof, all of which will be more fully described in the accompanying speci tication and thentinally embodied in the clauses of the claim, which are appended to and form a part of this specifica.- tion.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elvation of portion of lead pipe and its joints, as well as a side view pipe connections supported'thereby, the said View being made on a slightly-enlarged scale.

Fig. 3 is a top or plan view of the parts represented in said Fig. `2f Fig. 4 is a longitudinal lvertical section of the joint and pipe support, the portions of the lead pipe, their joints, and the vvalve casing, however, being represented in position in the support inside elevation; and Figq'is an end view of the joint and pipe support, with the pipe represented in transverse vertical section. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the said joint and pipe support.

Similar characters of referenceY are employed in all of the ysaid abovefdescribed views to indicate corresponding parts.

In the said drawings the reference character 1 indicates the complete joint and pipe support, ythe same comprising a suitable baseplate 2 of any desired configuration, the said,

plate being providedv with a suitable and, preferably,centrally-disposed receiving member 3. This member 3 is preferably cylindrical, as illustrated; but it may be of any other suitable shape, and it is provided in its .opposite sides with receiving-openings et.

The said base-plate 2 is made with, the oppo sit'ely-extending and elongated portions or members 5, preferably provided with openings 6 to reduce the weight ofthe device and also the cost of the metal in which the said device is cast.

ing portion or member 5 is provided at or near its free end with an.upwardly-projecting flange or member 7, a receiving-opening 8, which is preferably fork-shaped,being formed in each member 7, and each receiving-opening having the rounded supporting or bearing portion 9, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 6

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Each longitudinally-extendof the drawings. The said openings 8 in the members 'Zand the openings 4 in the member 3 are all in alinement, as will be clearly seen from an inspection of the several gures.

Referring now to Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, the reference character 10 indicates the usual lead-pipe section leading from the water main in the street, and 11 is the lead-pipe section which is connected with the system of piping in a building. In practice these pipe-sections 10 and 11 are connected with the respective ends 12 and 13 of a valve-casv ing 14, in which is arranged the usual shutoff valve by means of the ordinary Wipe or lead points and 16. Now it has been found in practice that the great weight of earth resting upon these parts often presses the connected pipe-sections out of shape and sufficiently weakens or strains the joints 14 and 15 that a leak will be produced or that very often the joint becomes entirely broken and separated from either the pipe-section or the valve-casing member. To avoid this serious diculty, I have provided the hereinabovedescribed joint and pipe support, which is placed in the excavation directly beneath and in alinement with the connected pipesections 10 and 11 in such a manner that the valve-casing 14 is arranged directly within the receiving member 3, and its casing-sections or end members 12 and 13 rest firmly in the bearing portions formed by the receivingopenings 4 of said member 3. At the same time the pipe-sections 10 and 11 are arranged in the receiving-openings 8 of the respective members 7 and rest directly upon the curved bearing portions 9 of said members 7, as clearly indicated in Fig. 4 of the drawings. A fixed support is thereby provided for the connected pipe-sections 10 and 11 and for the valve casing arranged between said pipe-- sections, the various parts being thereby held against any lateral or vertical displacement, as will be clearly understood. Furthermore, all strain due to the Weight of the earth above these parts is removed from the more or less delicate joints 15 and 16, and in consequence thereof there can be no breaks or leaks caused at thejoints produced bythe excessive Weight of the earth above said joints or caused by the settling of the earth beneath the connected pipe-sections.

That thevalve in the valve-casing 14 may be turned on or oft' by means of the usual valve rod or stem 17, a vertical tube or box 18 may be slipped ovel` the cylindrical member 3, as represented in Fig. 1, the said tube or box 18 being embedded in the earth, as shown, and being provided at the top, near .the curb, with a removable cap or cover 19.

From the previous description of my invention it will be seen that I have produced a simple and efficient device of the character and for the purposes described which can readily be placed in position and which pre- Ven ts any accident al displacement of the pipesections and removes all strain from the connecting pipe-joints.

I am aware that some changes may be made in the construction of the supporting device as Well as in the general arrangements and combinations of the parts Without departing from the scope of myinvention. HenceIdo not limit my invention to the exact arrangements and combinations of the parts as described in the foregoing specification and as illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, nor do I confine myself to the exact details of the construction of the said parts.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A joint and pipe support comprising a base-plate having a flat and longitudinallyextending supporting member above which a pipe and pipe-joint is arranged, and au npvrardly-extending Hange on said member near the free end of said member, said flange be ing made with a fork-shaped pipe-receiving yportion forming a bearing in which the pipe rests, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. i

2. A joint and pipe support comprising a base-plate having a pair of oppositely-extending members, and an upwardlyextending ange on each member, each tiange being made with a fork-shaped pipe-receiving portion forming a bearingin which the pipe rests, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. A joint and pipe support comprising a base-plate having a pair of oppositely-extending members, a centrally-disposed receiving member on said base-plate provided in its opposite sides with receiving-openings forming bearing portions, and a pipe-receiving bearing portion ou each oppositely extending member, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. A joint and pipe support comprising a base-plate having a pair of oppositely-extending members, a centrally-disposed receiving member on said base-plate provided in its opposite sides with receiving-openings forming bearing portions, and an upwardly-extending ange on each oppositely-extending member, each flange being provided with a pipe-receiving bearing portion, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. The combination, with a pair of pipe-sections, a valve-casing having ends 12 and 13, and connecting-joints, of a jointand pipesupport comprising a base-plate having a pair of oppositely-extending members, a centrallydisposed receiving member on said base-plate in which said valve-casing is arranged, said receiving member being provided in its opposite sides with receiving-openings in which said ends 12 and 13 of the valve-casing are arranged, and bearing portions on said oppositely-extending members of the support, in which said pipe-sections are arranged, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

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6. The combination, with a pair of pipe-sections, a valve-casing having ends 12 and 13,

v and connecting-joints, of a jointand pipe sup- `and connecting-joints, of a jointand pipe support comprising a base-plate having a pair of oppositely-extending members, a centrallydisposed receiving member on said base-plate in which said valve-casing is arranged, said receiving member being provided in its opposite sideswith receiving-openings in which said ends 12 and 13 of the valve-casing are arranged, and bearing portions on said oppositely-extending members of the support, in which said pipe-sections are arranged, and a vertically-extending valve-stem box having 6th day of June,

its lower end .arranged over said centrallydisposed receiving member, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

8. The combination, with a pairof pipe-sections, a valve-casing having ends 12 and 13, and connecting-joints, of a joint and pipe support comprising a base-plate having a pair of oppositely-exiending members, a centrallydisposed receiving member on said base-plate in which said valve-easing is arranged, said receiving member being provided in its opposite sides with receiving-openings in which said ends 12 and 13 of the Valve-casing are arranged, and u pwardl y-e'xtendin g anges on said oppositely extending members, each ange having a receiving-opening provided with a bearing portion on which saidpipesections are arranged, and a vertically-extending valve-stem box having its lower end arranged over said centrally-disposed receiving member, substantially as andf for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention setl forth above I have hereunto set my hand this JAMES N. BRENNAN.

Witnesses:

FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL, W. B. FRA-ENTZEL. 

